check if FindFirst is empty

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check if FindFirst is empty

nazwa May '13

Created May '13	Last Reply May '13	Replies 1	Views 4774	Votes 1

nazwa 15.1k

May '13

What's the correct way to check if findFirst actually found a result?

With normal find it's easy:

$meeting = Meetings::find($id);
if(count($meeting) !== 1) {
        $this->flash->error("Couldn't find your meeting. What's up?");
}

But when using findFirst, count always returns 1

$meeting = Meetings::findFirst($id);
if(count($meeting) !== 1) { // <--- THIS IS ALWAYS 1
        $this->flash->error("Couldn't find your meeting. What's up?");
}

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Phalcon · Answer 1 · 2013-05-15T12:32:36-07:00

findFirst returns false if it didn't find any record, just do this:

$meeting = Meetings::findFirst($id);
if (!$meeting) {
        $this->flash->error("Couldn't find your meeting. What's up?");
}

nazwa · Answer 2 · 2013-05-15T12:38:19-07:00

nazwa
15.1k

May '13

Ach, thanks. That's a great tip!